# What's your favorite song in a language you don't understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 4, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363 "2022-11-04T17:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/141 "2023-10-25T20:24:23Z")
Here’s a song in Hebrew I really like: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZRnzTTYk7_Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Im Nin'Alu - Ofra Haza") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnzTTYk7_Q) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/142 "2023-10-25T20:26:32Z")
Great one. Here’s another. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/prI1HSeBJJw/maxresdefault.jpg "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder - The Face of Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prI1HSeBJJw) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/143 "2023-10-25T20:28:54Z")
[Jewel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0EF_K987k) by the German band Propaganda (Live - 1986). It’s one of the most _intense_ songs I’ve ever heard. (I heard the producer of that show thought they were too intense, and they were never invited back.) On edit: well now I’m embarrassed. The lyrics are actually in English. So let’s go with [PANICROOMTAKESHIT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7apuNjIRe0) by Japanese band 88Kasyo Junrei. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/144 "2023-10-25T22:03:00Z")
Noir Désir - Le Vent Nous Portera [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NrgcRvBJYBE/maxresdefault.jpg "Noir Désir - Le Vent Nous Portera (Clip Officiel)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgcRvBJYBE) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/145 "2023-10-25T23:00:30Z")
Vacationed a few years ago on Guadalupe and heard [Stromae - Alors on danse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHoT4N43jK8) playing everywhere. Once in a while when my wife and I want to wind each other up we’ll put it on and dance in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/146 "2023-10-25T23:09:36Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > On edit: well now I’m embarrassed. The lyrics are actually in English. Well, in that case, I nominate the Kingsmen’s version of “Louie, Louie”. The FBI investigated it on suspicion of obscenity. They played it forward, backward, at 33 1/3, at 78, and tried everything they could think of. They finally reported that it was “unintelligible at any speed.” > **[The Kingsmen - Louie Louie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U%2F)** > > This was a big hit for The Kingsmen ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/147 "2023-10-25T23:15:36Z")
Next years blockbuster about Americans in Afghanistan begins with a squad of Delta Force riding the skids of a Little Bird 1000 feet over some picturesque mountain village as [Fakir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYLElYEzk4) plays. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/148 "2023-10-25T23:16:41Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Well, in that case, I nominate the Kingsmen’s version of “Louie, Louie”. Explicitly ruled out in post 29 by the OP, a poster of impeccable wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/149 "2023-10-27T16:50:13Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VHoT4N43jK8/maxresdefault.jpg "Stromae - Alors on danse (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHoT4N43jK8) ---
**Author:** ![martyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@martyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martyg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/150 "2023-10-28T02:17:51Z")
Maybe you don’t know about all his pop songs in English. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/151 "2023-11-10T00:57:37Z")
I’ve always enjoyed this one - produced by George Harrison. I assume it’s in Hindi. Possibly Ringo Starr on drums and Billy Preston on organ. [The Radha Krishna Temple - Govinda - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_A7bWMdHo) Lyrics: [The Radha Krishna Temple – Govinda Lyrics | Genius Lyrics](https://genius.com/The-radha-krishna-temple-govinda-lyrics) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363.md?page=7)